I was reading Tom Barr's post today where he was explaining why vacuuming
of the substrate is needed periodically- to remove the accumulated mulm
which when decomposing reduces the ORP of the substrate and makes it too
reductive. My curiosity is peaked now.
My question is: what is/are the method(s) of measuring the ORP of the
substrate? I can envision jamming a probe into it but wouldn't this allow
the overlying water to skew the results? What is the method used in the
field?
I use an ORP probe while pretreating ion exchange regenerants prior to
discharge to the POTW. It is submersible in very aggressive solutions. It
could be inserted into a substrate but it is about 3/4 inch in diameter and
flat bottomed. It would surely greatly disturbed the substrate and cause a
lot of mixing of the overlying water. I guess there must be other
configurations of these probes, just like pH probes.
I ask this question to satisfy my curiosity, not because I actually intend
to use my probe from work to try it. It isn't portable and I can't bring the
tank to it.
Thanks,
Jerry Smith, Bloomingdale, NJ, USA
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